Visa type

Features

Requirements

Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa

(subclass 888)

This visa allows you to:

• continue to own and manage a business in Australia (the Business Innovation stream)
• Continue business and investment activity in Australia (the Investor stream and the Significant Investor stream).​

You might be able to get this visa if you are nominated by a state or territory; and

• hold a provisional Business Innovation and Investment visa (subclass 188) and have met the requirements of that visa in the stream in which you first applied

or

• Hold a Special Category visa (subclass 444) or a Business (Long stay) visa (subclass 457IE) and have met the requirements of the business innovation stream.

Visa type

Features

Requirements

Business Talent (Permanent) visa

(subclass 132)

This visa allows you to establish a new or develop an existing business in Australia. It has two streams:

• Significant Business History stream: for high-caliber business owners or part-owners who want to do business in Australia
• Venture Capital Entrepreneur stream: for people who have sourced venture capital funding from a member of the Australian Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL).​

You might be able to get this visa if you are nominated by a state or territory government agency and are invited to apply by the minister.

You must also either:

• have net business and personal assets of at least AUD1.5 million and an annual business turnover of at least AUD3 million if you intend to apply for the visa in the Significant Business History stream, or
• Have obtained at least AUD1 million in venture capital funding to start the commercialization and development of a high-value business idea in Australia if you intend to apply for the visa in the Venture Capital Entrepreneur stream.

Visa type

Features

Requirements

Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa

(subclass 188)

This visa is for people who want to own and manage a new or existing business in Australia, or to invest in an Australian state or territory.​​

You might be able to get this visa if you are nominated by a state or territory government agency and are invited to apply by the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.

Visa type

Features

Requirements

Business Owner visa

(subclass 890)

This is a permanent residence visa. You will be able to travel in and out of Australia for five years.

You might be able to get this visa if you:

• hold one of the required provisional business visas
• Managed your business in Australia for the past two years.​

Visa type

Features

Requirements

State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner visa

(subclass 892)

This is a permanent residence visa. You will be able to stay in Australia for five years.

You might be able to get this visa if you:

• hold a qualifying provisional visa
• Are sponsored by a state or territory authority.​